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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!newspump.wustl.edu!gumby!andrews-cc!gillham From: gillham@andrews.edu (Andrew Gillham) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Ultimate BSD PC Hardware Setup Date: 21 Sep 1995 21:40:59 GMT Organization: Andrews University Lines: 35 Message-ID: <43sm5b$81c@orion.cc.andrews.edu> References: <43df2f$id@future.internexus.net> <43ldrh$qaf@orion.cc.andrews.edu> <MICHAELV.95Sep18222554@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <43r02v$lr3@shell1.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: edmund.cs.andrews.edu In article <43r02v$lr3@shell1.best.com> rcarter@best.com (Russell Carter) writes: > >>In article <43ldrh$qaf@orion.cc.andrews.edu> gillham@andrews.edu (Andrew Gillham) writes: >> >> for the BT946C, are pretty decently priced. (when compared to a $115 >> NCR w/BIOS, it is still reasonable I think) >> Ok, "outstandingly, amazingly, perfectly, etc.." I can live with.. :) > >Most competent MBs have the ncr bios in ROM. *Most* do. I was simply saying that to do a fair comparison between the cost of a BusLogic BT946C, and a NCR 53C8xx based card, you need to compare a NCR with a BIOS. A BIOS-less NCR _cannot_ be moved to just any PCI box, like a BusLogic. I suppose a shady character could download the ROM updates from whoever (ASUS?) and burn an EEPROM, and shove it on an ethernet card, then a BIOS-less NCR could be used, but... >Russell >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Head Candy . Com == MicroSoft makes sense, eh? >try sending mail to HeadCandy.com >______________________________________________________________________________ What's with the continous personal attacks on Michael? What did he ever do to you? I don't necessary agree with Microsoft policies, but that is _un-related_. I don't see Michael mention your employer all of the time. -Andrew -- ============================ Real 32bit multi-tasking UN*X System Andrew Gillham | TCP/IP,NFS,PPP,4.4BSD-lite,multi-user gillham@andrews.edu | i386,sparc,alpha,mac68k,amiga,others LAN/WAN/NW/UN*X specialist | ---> http://www.NetBSD.org <---